Seven years ago, a colleague and I attended an annual conference in Washington DC called the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium. We were excited about meeting one of the key note speakers, John Gottman, a marriage and relationship researcher and expert whom we learned about while in grad school. We kept seeing a man of similar stature walking through the hallways of the hotel but were disappointed each time to realize that he wasn’t John. Upon arriving home and looking at the…
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Using Pop Culture to Impact Positive Change
Posted in Family & Parenting, General, Personal Growth, Stress & Anxiety Tagged with: anger, anxiety, depression, empower, gaming, Hurt, school, skills, stress
Speak Up Ladies!!
Many women are losing their marriages and they don’t know it. Many women have interpersonal needs, which are not being met in their marital relationship. They probably have friends with whom they share the emotional side of their lives. This helps; however there are needs which can be best met by the marriage partner. When it doesn’t happen the relationship can go “flat”. All too often a woman will not speak openly about her needs. She suffers privately and eventually…
Posted in Depression, General, Marriage & Relationships, Personal Growth, Stress & Anxiety Tagged with: anger, Excuses, fear, Hurt, love, marriage
To Love is to Prune
Psychologist: “You seem to keep a lot of your concerns to yourself. How about opening up more with your spouse?” Client: “I don’t like to make waves.” P: “You mean you don’t want a hassle?” C: “I don’t like to hurt anyone’s feelings.” P: “Is there also a chance your wife might get angry?” C: “Yes.” P: “And you are uncomfortable with her anger?” C: “Yes, I guess it scares me.” P: “So you don’t want to risk a confrontation…
Posted in Depression, General, Marriage & Relationships, Personal Growth, Stress & Anxiety Tagged with: angry, fear, Hurt, outbursts, relationships, stress
Can A Marriage Survive Infidelity?
Marriages are often in crisis due to infidelity. Let me present a common scenario. The husband has been unfaithful to his vows and has had several affairs. The wife is extremely upset and struggles to cope with her feelings of betrayal and anger. The wife has been searching the literature for information about infidelity in hopes of better understanding what has happened to her and her marriage. She has been further upset by what she has read. All of the…
Posted in Depression, General, Marriage & Relationships, Personal Growth, Stress & Anxiety Tagged with: anger, Cheater, Hurt, Infidelity, Lost, Loyalty, marriage, Rebuild, stress, trust
